Stephen Battaglio

The conservative commentator’s remarks — dismissing the role of Native Americans and crediting European Christian settlers with building America from “nothing” — generated a major backlash Monday.

The cancellation comes a day after voting software company Smartmatic filed a $2.7 billion defamation suit against Fox News and three of its hosts — Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro.

Newsmax, based in Boca Raton, Florida, has seen its audience grow thanks to Trump, who turned on Fox News in the final months of the 2020 campaign.

Advertisers who are paying close to $5 million per 30-second spot to be part of Super Bowl 50 on CBS this Sunday know that their high-profile role in the event means they are going to be judged as much as the players and coaches on the field.

The ratings for Fox News Channel's Republican presidential primary debate took an expected hit from Donald Trump's decision not to participate in the event, staged Thursday night in Des Moines, Iowa.

Two Fox News contributors were yanked off the air Monday after some coarse discourse about President Barack Obama.